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Watch Night services

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Date: 31 Dec 1862 [unknown]
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The first Watch Night Service was inspired by Frederick Douglass awaiting news of The Emancipation Proclamation "We were waiting and listening as for a bolt from the sky ... we were watching ... by the dim light of the stars for the dawn of a new day ... we were longing for the answer to the agonizing prayers of centuries."[1]

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  1. ↑ Wikipedia:Frederick_Douglass; Watch Night




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Jones-29956 ShiraDestinie Jones MPhil
This profile should be connected with the space profile for The Emancipation Proclamation:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:The_Emancipation_Proclamation

posted by ShiraDestinie Jones MPhil

Categories: United States of America, Slavery | African-American Family History